Protecting device for industrial gloves



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PROTECTING DEVICE FOR INDUSTRIAL GLOVES Filed Aug. 11, 1945 PatentedMar. 16,` 1948 PROTECTIN G DEVICE FOR'y INDUSTRIAL .('JrLOVliIS Irwin W.Millard and Elmer W.,Beatty, Danville, Ill.

Application August 11, 1943, Serial` No. 4985174.

1 Claim. 1

The invention relates to devices for protecting gloves of the characterworn by workmen in industrial plants and has as its general aim the provision or" a new and improved device of this char acter which is strong,wearresistant, and may be quickly and easily applied to protect orrepair portions of the gloves which are worn or are most subject towear.

An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved protectivedevice of the character above set forth which embodies an elongatedmember oi such a wear resisting material as leather, coated on one sideWith a permanently tacky adhesive substance whereby to secure the memberin a desired position on a glove.

In conjunction with the foregoing, another object is to provide a memberof such material having angularly related sections, said strip beingdimensioned and arranged to permit the member to be readily applied tothe irregular contours and to follow the arcuate surfaces of a glove.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the followingdescription and from the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a protective device embodying thefeatures of the invention applied to a finger stall of a glove.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the form of protective device illustrated inFig. l as it is supplied to the user,

Fig. 3 is a plan view partially broken away of another form of device.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing another form of the protectivedevice applied to a palm portion of a glove.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the device shown in Fig. 5.

While the invention is susceptible of various modifications andalternative constructions, we have shown in the drawings and will hereindescribe in detail, the preferred embodiment, but it is to be understoodthat we do not thereby intend to limit the invention to the specificform disclosed, but intend to cover all modifications and alternativeconstructions falling Within the spirit and scope of the invention asexpressed in the appended clairn.

As shown in the drawings, one iorm of protective device, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4 primarily comprises an elongated member or strip it of astrong, wear resisting, protective material.

Preferably the strip is formed of leather such as that from whichindustrial gloves are made.

` The strip may be of. any predetermined usable length or if desired thestrip may be ofsubstantial length fro-rn which strips of usablelengthmay be cut as required.

One side. offthe strip carries a coating` Il of a suitable adhesivesubstance. Preferably a permanently tacky` adhesiveV is employed such,for example, yas the adhesives used in adhesive, friction or Scotchtapes. The exposed surface of this adhesive may be protected by abacking layer I2 of paper, cloth or the like adapted for removal beforethe strip is applied to the glove.

Where a substantially plane flat surface of the glove requiresprotection or repair, as across the palm, the back or certain areas ofthe thumb and ringer stalls, this strip may be readily applied byremoving the backing layer I2 and pressing the adhesive coated side ofthe strip in overlying relation to the area to be protected.

Certain areas of gloves, however, cannot be well protected by a straightflat strip because the shapes are not substantially complementary. Suchareas, for example, are those at the nger tips, or in the crotch betweenthe thumb stall and the palm. For protecting the finger tips the devicemay take the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 wherein the device, constructedof the same materials and in the manner of the strip previouslydescribed, has a head strip I3 which may be dimensioned to be woundcircumierentially about the finger portion oi an industrial glove.Between its ends is a lateral extension I4 preferably formed integrallyWith the head strip I3. The extension is of sufficient length to permitit to pass outwardly and over the tip end of the linger stall of theglove and thence inwardly preferably to a position in which the free endof the extension is in underlying or overlapping relation to theopposite ends of the head strip. The widths of the strip and the'extension may vary for different uses.

In use the device is applied to the glove by removing the protectivelayer I2 and pressing the area of the device at the junction between thehead strip I3 and extension I4 over the part to be primarily protected,reenforced or repaired. The end of the extension is then brought overthe tip of the glove and the opposite ends of the strip I3 are woundinto place,

In a device for protecting curved, arcuate or irregularly shapedsurfaces, the device may take the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6. This formis constructed as previously described and is similar to the device ofFigs. 1 and 2. The head section I5 is a straight strip but the extensionI6 thereon is arcuate in its plane, as shown. Fig. 5 illustrates thisform of device applied to a glove to protect an area in the thumbcrotch. The head strip is in this instance affixed to the palm (itcould, if desired, be Xed to the back) with the extension passingthrough the thumb crotch and following the arcuate and angular contourof the underlying glove area Without wrinkling due to the arcuate shapeof the extension.

A glove having its various areas thus protected will be greatlyreenforced against Wear, or if it has already become Worn it will beadequately reenforced and the life of the glove materially increased.Should the protecting device itself Wear out, it may be readily removedand replaced by another. It may be noted that the present device may beapplied directly to portions of the users hand to protect the handagainstl injury or to prevent further injury thereof. In the case of aninjury a small pad of gauze may, if desired, be placed over the injuredarea before the device is applied.

We claim as our invention:

A reenforcement for an industrial glove comprising a generally T-shapedportion of thin flexible leather having one entire face thereof coatedwith permanently tacky adhesive, one portion of the T being adapted tooverlie the glove area to be reenforced and adhesively secured to thesame with the other portion of the T projecting as an anchorage stripfrom said one portion and adhesively secured to an adjacent portion ofthe glove.

IRWIN W. MILLARD. EIMER W. BEATTY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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